10 Mart 2014 Pazartesi

Week 1 - Introduction

Inciraltı plays a important role for Izmir since it is one of the most underutilized areas close to city center. It really offers a lot opportunities which can be used in order to improve the life of the citizens in the future.




In the field trip, it is very understandable that the site is surrounded with good infrastructure - good roads, bus terminal, new bicycle lanes and ferry terminal. The site is surrounded by a high fence which isolates the land from the outside world. When you enter to the site you feel like you are in a another world. You hear the sounds of the traffic but you feel like you are in a countryside. 



Fenced off site


Also after a little walk we faced with some little suprises. First we were not expecting level differences but we saw some small hills which are done by humanking not naural. This gives us a idea of forming small hills for observational purposes. From one of the hills you can see a wide grassland with small shacks which was obviously a swamp land before because of the vegetation there. So it might be logical to develop a pond there since it used to be a watered are in the past naturally. So it is about forming ideas by taking the fundemental idea from the nature itself.



Man-made hills and green shacks


There were lots of trees grouped within each other which should be protected. Soil was very dry since the dam in the Balçova prevented water reaching through Inciraltı which also killed the agriculture in Inciraltı over the years.



Soil types


Overall the site is very exciting in terms of environmental factors. There are lots of things to think about while producing a vision there.


Sketch 1 - Site's position with coastal roadway, citycenter, ferry terminal etc


Sketch 2 - Inciraltı with Balçova landmarks such as Tteleferik and Ege Park

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